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International good practices in intelligence-led policing focus of OSCE-organized training course for law enforcement managers in Albania
Publishing date: 15 December 2021
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Presence in Albania jointly organized the online training course “Implementing Intelligence-Led Policing on Strategic and Operational Levels” on 9 and 10 December.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 294/2021 issued on 15 December 2021
Publishing date: 15 December 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 444 ceasefire violations, including 89 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 127 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 104 ceasefire violations, including 14 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE SMM Spot Report 42/2021: Armed formations twice denied the SMM’s passage near Zolote and Molodizhne, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 15 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On the morning of 15 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region twice denied, and once delayed, the Mission’s passage to government-controlled areas from non-government-controlled areas...
Austria holds last meeting as Chair of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 15 December 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 15 December 2021 – Building trust, improving military transparency, countering the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, and improving the participation of women in the armed forces were at the centre of Austria’s Chairpersonship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC). This was the message emphasized by Dieter Kandlhofer, Secretary General of the Austrian Ministry of Defence, at the last meeting held under the Austrian FSC Chair.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports Border Service with devices for verifying travel document authenticity
Publishing date: 15 December 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan handed over 200 devices for verifying travel document authenticity to the Border Service of the Committee for the National Security of Kazakhstan. The signing of the donation agreement was held on 13 December 2021 in Nur-Sultan. The Border Service will use the devices to identify forged travel documents during border control procedures in border crossing points across the country.
OSCE supports Young Policy Advisers course
Publishing date: 15 December 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, organised a Young Policy Advisers Course (PolAd) from 22 to 26 November 2021 in Nur-Sultan.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 293/2021 issued on 14 December 2021
Publishing date: 14 December 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 127 ceasefire violations, including 11 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 164 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 126 ceasefire violations, including 18 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it